Law of the People's Republic of China on the Contracting of Rural Land. Country/Territory China Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Contract/agreement Ownership Family farming Gender Dispute settlement Smallholders/peasants Farming Land tenure Right of use Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on 1 March 2003. Abstract This Law has been formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of stabilizing and perfecting the two-level operation system, which is based the responsibility system of contracting by households supplemented by unified management, entitling the peasants to a long-term and guaranteed right to the use of land, protecting the legal rights and interests of the parties of the contracting of rural land, so as to improve the development of agriculture and the rural economy and stabilize the rural areas. It consists of 65 articles divided into 5 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Contracting by Households (II); Contracting Concluded by Other Means (III); Settlement of Disputes and Legal Responsibility (IV); Supplementary provisions (V). Full text English/Chinese Website www.gov.cn.com References - Legislation Implemented by Measures for the Administration of Circulation of Rural Land Contracted Management Right. Legislation | China | 2005 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Family farming, Farming, Right of use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations of Jilin province on the contracting and managing of rural Land. Legislation | China | 2005 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Ownership, Family farming, Dispute settlement, Farming, Land tenure, Right of use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations of Hubei province on the contracting and managing of rural Land. Legislation | China | 2012 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Ownership, Family farming, Gender, Dispute settlement, Farming, Land tenure, Right of use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations of Jiangsu province on protection of the contracted manegement right of rural Land. Legislation | China | 2004 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Ownership, Family farming, Gender, Dispute settlement, Farming, Land tenure, Right of use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for the implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Rural Land Contracting. Legislation | China | 2009 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Ownership, Family farming, Gender, Dispute settlement, Farming, Land tenure, Right of use, Pastoralism Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for the implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Rural Land Contracting. Legislation | China | 2005 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Ownership, Family farming, Gender, Dispute settlement, Farming, Land tenure, Right of use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the People's Republic of China for the Administration of the Certificates of the Right to Contracted Management of Rural Land. Legislation | China | 2003 Keyword: Agricultural land, Land tenure, Certification, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures for the Administration of Contracts on Rural Land Contracting. Legislation | China | 2023 Keyword: Agricultural land, Contract/agreement, Certification, Registration, Land tenure Source: FAO, FAOLEX Administrative Measures for the Circulation of Rural Land Management Rights. Legislation | China | 2021 Keyword: Agricultural land, Land tenure, Contract/agreement, Transfer Source: FAO, FAOLEX